Police searching for Fair Oaks armed robbery suspect

TOWN OF WALLKILL — The owner of the Cenco gas station on Bloomingburg Road was robbed by a man with a handgun Wednesday morning, said state police.

The woman was pumping gas for a customer around 10 a.m. when the man appeared, wearing a red bandana over his face, a red-and-brown vest with the hood up and brandishing a dark-colored handgun, said state police Capt. Joe Tripodo. He demanded and took money, fled to a green car that was parked on Gillen Road, and left, driving toward the City of Middletown.

No shots were fired and nobody was injured, Tripodo said. The man appears to have acted alone.

Wallkill and state police and Orange County sheriffs' deputies responded to the robbery, congregating at the store and at a couple spots down the road heading toward toward Middletown. They were at the store for about an hour.

Anyone with any information is asked to call state police at 845-344-5300.